Hoosier Lottery's aim: Avoid Illinois' privatization troubles

9:16 PM,
Sep. 26, 2012

The Hoosier Lottery?s executive director pledged Wednesday that if Indiana privatizes management of its lottery, the deal would avoid some of the controversy surrounding a similar arrangement in Illinois.

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The Hoosier Lottery's executive director pledged Wednesday that if Indiana privatizes management of its lottery, the deal would avoid some of the controversy surrounding a similar arrangement in Illinois.

Karl Browning, the lottery's executive director, said Indiana would use a simplified system of bonuses and penalties to encourage a private manager to boost the state's lottery profits, which fund public construction projects and pension funds for teachers, police and firefighters.

"There is a lot of noise around our neighboring state," Browning said during a lottery commission ...